Arriving by plane at Des Moines International Airport (DSM)

Iowa Shuttle Service for 1 passenger is $57 as of 2021-07-12

Tipping is optional, but …

Generally tip the following:

• Restaurant wait staff (15-20%)
• Taxi/Uber/Lyft drivers (10-15%)
• Hairstylist/Nail technician (15-20%)

Tip is calculated before tax (Ames, IA tax rate is 7%)

Menu prices do not inclue tax or tip

• largest producer of

• second largest producer of

while being 26th in size and 30st in population

Foreign Born Citizens Resources

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• Geographically
  • Anywhere in Ames
    • Above Bloomington Rd is Gilbert School District
• Type of accommodations
  • University housing
  • Apartment complex
  • House rental
  • Home purchase

• Iowa Housing Search

• apartments.com

• zillow.com

• apartmentfinder.com

• Hunziker Property Management

(no recommendations or endorsements are being made)

• University housing has strict move-in/move-out dates
• Other rental agreements run Aug 1 to July 31
• other ???

Natural gas

Electricity/Water/Sewer

Garbage/Recycling/Compost

Cell phones

Internet

Start service

• Furnace/heat
• Gas stoves and ovens
• Fireplaces
• Laundry dryers

Start service

1 of 3 power plants in the world that burn garbage to produce electricity

Garbage collectors

Do not put glass or food waste in garbage. Metal gets extracted by magnets.

Glass/can recycling

• Iowa has 5 cent bottle/can deposit
• Redemption only available in Nevada, IA???

Recycling collectors

My understanding is most recycled materials are trucked to Des Moines and then sent by rail out of state.

Compost

Free to do it yourself or curbside pickup by Core Living Compost

Cell phone coverage:

• DSL from Century Link
• Cable from Mediacom
• Fiber from Metronet

• Farmer’s Market

• Wheatsfield Co-op - become a member ($100)

• HyVee - employee owned

• Fareway

• Aldi

• Target

• Wal-Mart

• Ames Asia Market West (west Ames)

• Ames Asian Market (north Ames)

• Asia Foods Store (downtown)

• Goodwill of Central Iowa
• Overflow Thrift Store
• Habitat Store

• Iowa State Daily
• Ames Tribune
• Des Moines Register

• Furman Aquatic Center
• Reiman Gardens
• City Parks
• Ada Hayden Heritage Park Lake
• Peterson Pits
• Ledges State Park

siren test first Wednesday of every month at 10am

• Ames Public Library

• Ames History Museum

• Octagon Center for the Arts

• Perfect Games

• Seven Oaks Recreation

• Ames Community Theater

• Iowa State Center

• Torrent Brewing Company

• Alluvial Brewing

• Prairie Moon Winery

all orientation slides are available at

https://isustatistics.github.io/grad_orientation/